Farrier&#39;s knife.



CHARLES A. SMITH, OF SANQUOIT, NEW YORK.

FARRIERS KNIFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed April 25, 1906. Serial No- 313,530.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sanquoit, in the county of Oneida and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farriers Knives, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to an improved farriers knife, and I declare thatthe following is a full, clear, concise and exact description thereofsuflicient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same,refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings in which like lettersand numerals refer to like parts throughout.

The invention comprises the peculiar construction of the several partsshown and described and the ar rangement and provision for adjustmentand mounting of the same as described in the following specification andshown in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of the knife, and Fig. 2 is anedge view; Fig. 3 is a partial view of the handle showing a modifiedconstruction, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of parts of the handle andthe blade; Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view on line A-A of Fig. 4; Fig.6 is an end view, and Figs. 7 and 8 are cross sectional views of theblade on the lines C0 and B B respectively;

The handle of the knife is formed of two parts, 1 and 1, having asuitable curvature and adapted to be secured by screws 2, 2, enteringthe handle members from opposite sides. In Fig. 1 the butt of the handleis shown with the notches 3, 3, which are designed for well-knownpurposes, particularly in holding shoes to the hoof. In Fig. 3, however,I show a modified form of the handle having a single notch, the angle inwhich is slightly at one side of the, axis of the handle and which Iconsider an improvement in that it is more convenient for engaging thehoof and shoe. At the other end of the handle I have a peculiarconstruction in that the adjacent faces of the handle members areslightly tapered off as shown at 5 and 5, so that the handle members canbe clamped together to secure firmly the blade 6, the handle memberswhen thus clamped having a recess with shoulders 7 to engage the edge ofthe blade. This construction provides a handle suitable to blades ofvarying thickness and also for a firm mounting of the blade in thehandle.

The recess provided at the blade end of the handle has continuous walls,as shown particularly in Fig. 4, where the shoulders or angle portions 7extend for a distance to engage the blade on each side and thus assistin providing a firm seat for the blade and render the handle stronger ata point where weakness develops in other knives, either in the use ofthe knife or in clamping the handle members to mount the blade betweenthem. The handle is also provided with notches 8 for convenience ingrasping the same. The blade 6 has in this instance a slight thicknesstoward the outer end, as shown particularly at 9 in Fig. 8, which servesto give it strength. The end of the blade has an upset pointed tip 10slightly angular at its edge, as indicated. A feature of this tip isthat it is turned and sharpened enough to provide for cutting by thepull of the blade, instead of being turned only enough for scraping, orso much as to prevent any cutting except by side movement of the blade.

The blade is provided with a series of holes 11 to provide for differentlengths of the blade from the handle.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

1. In a farriers knife, a handle made up of parts recessed to receivethe tang and having the facing edges adjacent the recess at the tang endof the handle beveled away for the clamping of the handle to press wallsof the recess against the tang, the handle having at the other end asingle notch with its angle at one side of the center line of thehandle.

2. A farriers knife comprising handle members with their inner edgesbeveled 01f at one end providing butments for the edge of the tang whichbutments are of a total width less than thethickness of the tang, and ablade pierced with holes for adjustable support in the tang by meanspassing through the handle and one of the holespierced in the tang.

3. A farriers knife, having its handle made up of two parts and means toclasp them together with the tang of the blade therebetween, the saidhandle parts each having a solid end with a longitudinal recess toreceive the tang, the walls of said recess extending from the end of thehandle for a substantial distance and providing a lengthened bearing forthe tang, the side walls of said recess being each of a depth less thanhalf the thickness of the tang.

4. A farriers knife, having a handle made up of shelllike members, thewalls of each member being formed solid at the knife end to contact withand support the tang of the blade for a substantial distance, the facingedges of the said walls being beveled off toward the end and providing aspace therebetween whereby the said members may be tightly clampedagainst the sides of the tang, the edges of the tang being tightly heldby the said walls.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. SMITH.

Witnesses:

LoUIs K. COLSON, E. '1. DE Grocer.

